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...clarify the piece???which can be safely categorized neither as burlesque, travesty or satire?audiences were advised through the programs that: "The vagabond who comes into The Tavern is the unmasked Cohan. And yet this vagabond could have been a Wandering Jew, Villon, Rabelais, Shelley, Puck. There is probably no one in America who knows better than he what is effective in the theatre. He is aware . . . just how audiences react to certain things that may be made to happen." Subsequent things that Actor Cohan made to happen were received with robust laughter when the audience was sure of itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jun. 2, 1930 | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

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